Tubulo-squamous polyp: A report of ten cases of a distinctive hitherto uncharacterized vaginal polyp

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1013-1019

  Glenn McCluggage, W ^a   Young, Robert H ^b,c  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Polyp; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic acid phosphatase; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRENNER TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; MUELLERIAN DUCT; POLYP; SQUAMOUS CELL; VAGINA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRENNER TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; POLYPS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34347336516     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31802bdd72     Document Type: Article

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